LIDO PIMIENTA kündigte kürzlich ihr neues Studioalbum "Miss Colombia" für den 17. April auf ANTI- an. "Miss Colombia" folgt auf "La Papessa" (2017), das u.a. mit dem Polaris Music Prize ausgezeichnet wurde. Lobende Worte für ihren Sound fanden u.a. NPR, Pitchfork, Fader, Noisey, Stereogum sowie der Rolling Stone und die NY Times.
Mit dem Song "Nada" teilt die Sängerin nun eine weitere Hörprobe, auf der auch die Frontfrau der kolumbianischen Band BOMBA ESTÉREO, Li Saumet, vertreten ist. Das eindrucksvolle Video dazu kann hier betrachtet werden:
Musikvideo - "Nada" (feat. Li Saumet)
PIMIENTA kommentiert die Hintergründe, die eng mit der Geburt ihrer Tochter verknüpft sind, wie folgt:
“‘Nada’ was written a few days after I gave birth to my daughter… After giving birth, my body had a hole in it. I felt empty yet heavy at the same time. That kind of pain, trauma and shock to the body is hard to explain. It’s “pungent” pain, inside of you. It got me thinking about my period cramps when I was still a tween, not understanding why “being a woman” meant to bleed and to hurt and yet, we are ‘the weaker sex.’ I wrote a lullaby to my baby, but I feel as though my daughter gifted me this song, to protect her and tell her “don’t be afraid of death, it is the least of your worries, you are a woman in the world. If death comes to your door, it wouldn’t be the worst thing that could happen to you.”
Zuvor erschienen mit "Eso Que Tu Haces" und "No Pude" weitere Tracks des Albums. Die Künstlerin nahm die Songs größtenteils in ihrem Homestudio auf. Für einige Aufnahmen reiste sie jedoch von ihrem kanadischen Wohnsitz in ihre kolumbianische Heimatstadt. Entstanden sind insgesamt elf Stücke, die sich nicht an Genre-Grezen aufhalten und so u.a. elektronische Elemente mit klassischem Cumbia verschmelzen lassen.
Von der einzigartigen Mischung kann man sich an zwei exklusiven Deutschland-Terminen überzeugen:
25.05.2020: Heidelberg, Queer Festival (Karlstorbahnhof)
26.05.2020: Berlin, Kometenmelodien (Kantine am Berghain)
Der Album-Titel, "Miss Colombia", führt auf eine Miss Universe-Wahl aus dem Jahr 2015 zurück, bei der der Juror fälschlicherweise die kolumbianische Kandidatin kürte anstatt der philippinischen Kontrahentin. Anhand des Vorfalls reflektierte PIMIENTA auch ihre eigene Identität. Hauptthemen auf ihrem neuen Album sind die verschärfte politische Lage in Kolumbien, indigene Ungleichheit und Rassismus.
TRACKLIST:
1 Para Transcribir (SOL)
2 Eso Que Tu Haces
3 Nada (feat. Li Saumet)
4 Te Quería
5 No Pude
6 Coming Thru
7 Quiero Que Me Salves (preludio feat. Rafael Cassiani Cassiani)
8 Quiero Que Me Salves (ft. Sexteto Tabala)
9 Pelo Cucu
10 Resisto Y Ya
11 Para Transcribir (LUNA)
Weitere Infos sind der offiziellen Pressemitteilung zu entnehmen:
LIDO PIMIENTA RELEASES SONG AND VIDEO “NADA,” A COLLABORATION WITH BOMBA ESTÉREO’S LI SAUMET
LISTEN TO “NADA” HERE: https://youtu.be/Cje1mE92Ymg
MISS COLOMBIA OUT APRIL 17 VIA ANTI-
EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR MAY
Lido Pimienta has unveiled “Nada,” a collaboration with Li Saumet, frontwoman of Colombian group Bomba Estéreo. The song and music video arrive on the heels of the announcement of Miss Colombia (April 17 via ANTI-), which was picked up by Pitchfork, NY Times, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Billboard, i-D, the Fader and Refinery29.
Watch the video for "Nada" feat. Bomba Estéreo's Li Saumet: https://youtu.be/Cje1mE92Ymg
“Nada'' is jingling and bright on its surface but the haunting vocal riffs reveal the song’s seriousness, as Lido and Li exchange musings on the trenchant sentiment of women’s historical trauma: “I’ll be honest with you, if tomorrow is the day I die / I’m not afraid of it, ‘cause im a woman and carrying pain is what I do,” they sing in Spanish on the chorus’ hook.
Lido explains the song’s concept further:
“‘Nada’ was written a few days after I gave birth to my daughter … After giving birth, my body had a hole in it. I felt empty yet heavy at the same time.
That kind of pain, trauma and shock to the body is hard to explain. It’s “pungent” pain, inside of you. It got me thinking about my period cramps when I was still a tween, not understanding why “being a woman” meant to bleed and to hurt and yet, we are ‘the weaker sex.’
I wrote a lullaby to my baby, but I feel as though my daughter gifted me this song, to protect her and tell her “don’t be afraid of death, it is the least of your worries, you are a woman in the world. If death comes to your door, it wouldn’t be the worst thing that could happen to you.”
Lido’s afro-indigenous upbringing is unconfined and omnipresent in her work. Miss Colombia boasts 11 new and original songs that boldly celebrate Lido’s ecstatic musical hybridity of electronic meets cumbia, and is at once defiant and delicate, exploratory and confrontational.
The album title - Miss Colombia - was in-part inspired by the 2015 Miss Universe mishap in which Steve Harvey mistakenly crowned Miss Colombia, instead of Miss Philippines. It caused Lido to reflect on the anti-blackness she's experienced, and how she was viewed as an outsider in adolescence as a "weird artistic tomboy." The record was made and produced in Lido's home studio in Toronto, as well as in the historic city of Palenque in Colombia, the first freed slave town to be established in the Americas.
To ensure all of her garments are made in Columbia, Lido has also taken on the task of designing all the clothes for herself, and her band, on their upcoming tour. Before heading to Europe (see below for the full list of dates), Lido will be performing at key SXSW showcases and has announced select shows in NYC, LA, Toronto and Chicago in April and May.
She also just released the roaring ballad “Eso Que Tu Haces,” which the New York Times called “a substantial cultural statement”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azy1D-yyWc&feature=youtu.be
Lido is an interdisciplinary musician and artist that has been praised by NPR Music, Pitchfork, Fader, Noisey, Remezcla, Stereogum, Rolling Stone and featured on the cover of Toronto’s NOW Magazine. She has been a speaker at Red Bull Music Academy, creates visual art and is working on a graphic novel, has shared stages with Cuco, Helado Negro and Austra, and recently performed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Pre-order Miss Colombia here: https://lidopimienta.ffm.to/misscolombia
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